The Look
by Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop
“The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama’s style evolution, in her own words for the first time. Featuring the voices of Meredith Koop, Obama’s trusted stylist, as well as her makeup artist Carl Ray, hairstylists Yene Damtew, Johnny Wright, and Njeri Radway, and many of the designers who have dressed Obama for notable events, The Look brings readers behind the scenes not only to reveal how her most memorable looks came together but also to tell a powerful story about how we present ourselves.”
– Penguin Random House, 2025
#1 New York Times Best Seller
REVIEWS
“Michelle Obama's book is a historical document dressed up as a coffee table tome. The Look should be studied by generations to come..... A new template had been created, and it became the norm.…Why that happened is, in large part, the subtext of “The Look,” ... and it is why the book matters. It lays bare, in an unprecedented (and easy-to-read) way, how a wardrobe was transformed into a vehicle of soft political power.”
WORKING WITH LIZ
“Thank you to our collaborator, Liz Welch, for her patience, inquisitiveness, and expertise in getting these stories onto the page.”
– Michelle Obama and Meredith Koop